Ignacio

Ignacio is 55 years old. He has been married to 52 year-old Dominga for more than 25 years. They have two grown-up children.

Ignacio is the son of a farmer. He grew up in one of the companies of Carapeguá and worked in the fields with his father since he was a boy. At the age of 26, he married Dominga, who is the daughter of a weaver, and they started working together.

Ignacio has been selling traditional bedspreads and hammocks for more than 20 years. He takes them to Caaguazú district and Ciudad del Este and sells them to a well-established customer base. His wife, who is a craftswoman, knits the blankets that he sells and this saves them money.

Thanks to his work and the efforts of himself and his wife, Ignacio was able to build a beautiful home and thereby provide their family with an respectable and decent life.

Ignacio is requesting this loan to buy the supplies he needs to make his bedspreads and hammocks such as threads and needles, or sewing kits.

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About Fundación Paraguaya

Fundación Paraguaya is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas through microfinance, education programs, and more. Its focus on agriculture has helped many farmers boost their crop yields. And a number of other borrowers have taken out loans to start and grow social businesses that have helped deliver eyeglasses, medicines and other helpful services in their local communities.